Takeo Takagi

Takeo Takagi (25 January 1892-8 July 1944) was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II who commanded the Japanese 6th Submarine Fleet.

Biography
Takeo Takagi was born on 25 January 1892 in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. He joined the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1911 and was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1938 on the eve of World War II; at the start of the war, he led the fleet that occupied the Philippines. Takagi was also in command at the Battle of the Java Sea, and he was one of the Japanese commanders at the Battle of Midway in 1942. Takagi was posted to Saipan to take charge of a submarine fleet in 1943, and in 1944 he attempted to escape from the island in a submarine, but it was sunk and Takagi was killed.